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单词 valediction
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valedictionn.

Brit. /ˌvalᵻˈdɪkʃn/, U.S. /ˌvæləˈdɪkʃən/
Etymology: < Latin type *valedictio , noun of action < vale-dīcere , < Latin valē vale int., and dīcere to say, speak.
1. The action of bidding or saying farewell (to a person, etc.); an instance of this; a farewell or leave-taking.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > parting salutation > saying farewell or leave-taking
leave-taking1448
leavec1540
congee1577
valediction1614
goodbying1811
1614 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 197 For I must do this, as a valediction to the world, before I take Orders.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 3 There [were]..such dear accollado's..at their valediction and parting, as eye scarce ever beheld the like.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 324 After a formal Valediction ashore, the next day we passed the Straits.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 68 [Gustavus III] after the last valediction to the queen and prince, died.
1872 J. S. Le Fanu In a Glass Darkly I. 158 They parted with a hurried and melancholy valediction.
2. An utterance, discourse, etc., made at (or by way of) leave-taking or bidding farewell.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose
His Majesty's Speech1583
New Year1595
panegyry1602
panegyric1603
remembrancea1616
valediction1619
panegyris1646
areopagitic1649
Hesped1650
allocution1689
maiden speech1702
Speech from the Throne1751
patter1772
inaugural1832
acceptance speech1855
oraison funèbre1856
keynote speech1863
keynote address1891
valedictory1892
keynote1896
pep speech1912
pep talk1913
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > parting salutation
farewell1393
adieua1425
bonally1488
goodbye1575
vale1583
adios1592
valediction1619
ave1634
vale-dictum1638
sayonara1872
bye-bye1875
hasta la vista1888
valedictory1892
bye1935
arrivederci1938
1619 J. Hales Let. 22 Jan. 71 in Golden Remains (1659) I dealt with Mr. Præses concerning a Copy of M. Deans Valediction to the Synod.
1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 73 The Spirit of Comfort (which in his late valediction he promised to send his Apostles).
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 56 Their last valediction thrice uttered by the attendants was also very solemn.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. x. 160 He stayed not to hear the valediction or the thanks of the witch.
1863 Q. Rev. July 203 The truly Yankee valediction, ‘I guess we will all go home, and so, good night’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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